Tag: foreign aid
Charity drive raises millions for Unicef
Norway's annual charity drive organized by state broadcaster NRK and known as TV-aksjonen, raised NOK 218.5 million (USD 28 million) on Sunday for Unicef....
Prosecutor drops ministry probe
UPDATED: Norway's state prosecutor (Statsadvokaten) was raising questions Friday about how the country's foreign ministry (Utenriksdepartementet, UD) has handled a conflict of interest case involving...
Ministry questioned over errant envoy
Norway's former ambassador to Indonesia was stripped of his title late last year and recalled to Oslo, after failing to declare a potential conflict...
More aid mounted for famine in Yemen
Norway is among countries vowing to send more humanitarian aid to Yemen, which is facing a famine that's reaching what some call Biblical proportions....
Norway poised to offer major emergency aid
Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende announced late last week that the country will be donating up to NOK 1.6 billion (USD 195 million) in...
Norway maintains aid to Afghanistan
Foreign Minister Børge Brende says Norway will continue to send around NOK 700 million (USD 87 million) in aid to Afghanistan every year until...
Norway in despair over South Sudan
Just five years after Norwegian officials played a key role in creating the world's newest nation of South Sudan, they're in despair as the country...
Refugee Council describes horror in Fallujah
The Norwegian Refugee Council has published a compelling appeal for aid for the residents of the besieged Iraqi city of Fallujah. The council's welfare workers...
Refugee aid workers arrested in Greece
Three Norwegian aid workers who've been trying to help asylum seekers stuck at the border between Greece and Macedonia were arrested in Greece Wednesday evening,...
Ex-UN top comes home to KrF
Norway's Christian Democrats party (Kristelig Folkeparti, KrF) has a new secretary general: Hilde Frafjord Johnson has moved home after a decade working in top...
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